Lebron James' son Bronny was rushed to the ICU after he went into cardiac arrest during basketball practice
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- Bronny James went into cardiac arrest and was taken to the hospital during a Monday basketball practice.
- He is now in stable condition and is no longer in the ICU, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.
- A 911 call was made from USC's Galen Center at 9:26 a.m. local time Monday, TMZ reported.
Lebron James' son Bronny James is in stable condition after he went into cardiac arrest on the court on Monday, NBA reporter Shams Charania tweeted Tuesday.
"Yesterday while practicing, Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest," according to a statement shared by The Athletic's Charania.
The statement said that medical staff treated Bronny James — a rising freshman for the USC Trojans — and took him to the hospital where he was admitted into the ICU.
According to TMZ, the 911 call for James was made at 9:26 a.m. local time from the Galen Center, where the USC Men's Basketball team plays and practices. At the time of the call, James was unconscious, TMZ reported.
He is now in stable condition and is no longer in the ICU, the statement said.
—Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 25, 2023
Though interest in the budding Trojans star initially stemmed from his father — a Los Angeles Lakers superstar who broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time NBA scoring record last season — Bronny James is an impressive basketball player in his own right.
A 6-foot-3, 180-pound point guard, the younger James was ranked No. 20 in ESPN's Class of 2023 coming out of basketball powerhouse Sierra Canyon High School in Los Angeles. After averaging 14.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.8 steals per game during his senior season, James committed to play for his hometown program, USC, and head coach Andy Enfield.
The 18-year-old was widely expected to be a top pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, and there was speculation that his father could try to join him on whichever team selects him. But how Bronny's health scare impacts his first season as a Trojan and, beyond that, his professional basketball prospects still remains to be seen.
However, cardiac arrest among athletes during the course of play is far from unprecedented.